In pictures printed in The Sun, there are two canisters of laughing gas shown in the footwell of the car; the agent of the Manchester City and England winger, Aidy Ward, strongly denied that Sterling had been in the car at the time of the crash.

The paper quote a source as saying: "The Merc was in London for days after the smash — it was just left on the street. Raheem wasn’t in the car at the time, he was training in Manchester. It looks like he lent it to a mate.

"Raheem needs to think about whether he’s hanging around with the right kind of people, especially as he is such a high-profile star."

The 20-year-old was filmed allegedly inhaling laughing gas, nitrous oxide, back in June.

Sterling is finally set to make his Manchester City debut tonight after a long summer of negotiations with former club Liverpool that ended in him making a £49million move to the Etihad. Manuel Pellegrini's team face West Bromwich Albion,